INTRUDE

intrude. intrude, to thrust ones selfe into the company of others, or enter in violently

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intrude. Intrude, v.i. to encroach, to come in uninvited

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In‐trude″ (?), v. i. [[L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.]] To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I. Watts.